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Taxonomy
Gigantopithecus blacki was named by von Koenigswald (1935) [This fossil was originally decribed from teeth found in a Chinese pharmacy, so the provenance of the holotype is unkonown.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Gigantopithecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Gigantopithecus blacki von Koenigswald p. 874 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Gigantopithecus blacki von Koenigswald 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hubei) | Gigantopithecus sp. (36208) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Gigantopithecus blacki (214689) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Gigantopithecus blacki (230325) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Gigantopithecus blacki (92781) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Gigantopithecus blacki (235739 235740) |